Major civilizations:

• Aztec

• Maya

• Inca

North American Indians

Why do people explore and colonize?

European Explorations

The “Columbian Exchange”

Conflict with Natives 1.  Spanish

-Aztec & Incan Empires conquered -Pueblo Revolt (1680)

2.  English -Anglo-Powhatan Wars (1610s & 1640s) -Pequot War (1630s) -King Philip’s War (1670s)

Before…

After…

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Estimated Slave Imports to the New World, 1601-1810

• Types of colonies:

1.  Charter/Corporate,

2.  Proprietary, and

3.  Royal

British Colonies

AREAS of

COLONIZATION

1.  Northern

2.  Middle

3.  Southern

Conflict with Natives

Powhatan & the

Algonquians

• First Anglo-Powhatan War (1610-1614) • Second Anglo-Powhatan War (1644-1646)

Conflict with Natives

Massasoit & the Wampanoags (1621)

Conflict with Natives

Pequot War (1636-1637)

Conflict with Natives

King Philip’s War (1675-1676)

Colonial Tension & Division

Nathaniel Bacon

Governor William Berkeley

Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)

Salem Witch Trials (1692)

Colonial Slavery

Colonial Tension & Division

Stono Rebellion (1739)

•  The Great Awakening

(1730s-1740s) •  The Enlightenment (1600s – 1700s)

Jonathan Edwards